跟读练习: READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 5A GLOBAL CITIES - 通过视频学习英语口语

这段视频共有 35 个句子、369 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 2:42。 说话人语速平稳，每分钟约 137 个词，很适合跟读。 87% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，词汇容易理解。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中 11 个不太常见的单词，附发音和释义：

• resident /ˈɹɛzɪdənt/ (名词) — 居民, 居住者. A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
• creator /kɹiːˈeɪ̯təː/ (名词) — 造物主. Something or someone which creates or makes something.
• talented /ˈtæləntɪd/ (形容词) — 天才. Endowed with one or more talents.
• attract /əˈtɹækt/ (动词) — 吸引. To pull toward without touching.
• embassy /ˈɛmbəsi/ (名词) — 大使館 /大使馆. The function or duty of an ambassador.
• predict /pɹɪˈdɪkt/ (动词) — 預言 /预言. To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of…
• graph /ɡɹæf/ (名词) — 圖表 /图表. A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, measurements or…
• index /ˈɪndɛks/ (名词) — 索引, 引得. An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
• entertainment /ˌɛn.tɚˈteɪn.mənt/ (名词) — 娛樂 /娱乐. An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as…
• restaurant /ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/ (名词) — 餐廳 /餐厅, 餐館 /餐馆. An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
• urban /ˈɝ.bən/ (形容词) — 城市的, 都市的. Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place, especially when…

视频中出现的短语动词

• look at (动词) — 觀察 /观察, 看. To observe or watch.

需要注意的发音

• 长单词——注意重音位置: organisation /ˈɔː.ɡə.naɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/, entertainment /ˌɛn.tɚˈteɪn.mənt/

如何用这段视频练习

1. 先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
2. 用正常速度逐句跟读，每句重复到你的节奏与说话人一致为止。
3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 resident, creator, talented 这类单词。